11:58 PM ET NEW YORK — Being the first NBA player to play in four different decades is not a lofty enough goal for Atlanta Hawks veteran Vince Carter. After dropping 17 points in the Hawks’ 100-96 win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, Carter said that he aims

2:21 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis has been cleared and will play in Wednesday’s preseason game against the Warriors, according to coach Frank Vogel. Davis had suffered a sprained right thumb during a preseason game Saturday in Shenzhen, China. An MRI on Davis’ thumb came back clean Monday, the team announced. Davis

10:43 PM ET ESPN News Services From Larry Bird to Ray Allen, the Boston Celtics have suited up some of the best perimeter shooters in NBA history. None of them ever had a hotter hand from behind the arc in a quarter than rookie Carsen Edwards on Tuesday night. Edwards made eight 3-pointers and scored

7:34 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James said Tuesday he had not seen reports of protesters in Hong Kong trampling on his jerseys and even watching one burn following his comments about Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s tweet that sparked turmoil and tension between China and the NBA. A day after saying

2:27 PM ET ESPN News Services When a ball smashed into a photo of LeBron James‘ face that was stuck above the hoop and dropped into the basket, the protesters in Hong Kong cheered. They also trampled on jerseys bearing his name and gathered in a semicircle to watch one burn. James’ standing among basketball

9:50 PM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James believes Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey “wasn’t educated” before he sent the tweet in support of antigovernment protesters in Hong Kong that damaged relations between China and the NBA. Speaking to the media for the first time since Morey’s tweet on Oct. 4 set off a

3:24 PM ET NBA commissioner Adam Silver held a tense meeting with players from the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers last week when he arrived in Shanghai, sources told ESPN’s Rachel Nichols. During the meeting, sources said several prominent players also voiced frustration about what they perceived as being put in the middle of

5:52 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — As Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry gets ready to enter his 11th NBA season, he does so with those around him believing that he is at the ‘peak’ of his basketball powers. Warriors coach Steve Kerr has reiterated throughout training camp that he is not expecting Curry to

3:34 PM ET Key Houston Rockets reserve swingman Gerald Green is believed to have suffered a broken left foot and is expected to miss an extended stretch, league sources confirmed. Sources said that Green, who was injured during the Rockets’ preseason win Thursday over the Toronto Raptors in Japan, will get more medical opinions on

3:20 PM ET San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich on Sunday responded to criticism from Donald Trump, praising NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s handling of the ongoing China issue as compared to the president’s relationship to a number of foreign leaders. “[Silver] stood by our nation and its principles. That’s pretty huge in these days,” Popovich